Pencil holder



Dec. 318, 1923. MYMW B. J. BLASKIE ET AL.

PENCIL HOLDER F'il ed June 15 1922 amoewtow 5. J fims/r/E H. 5.. 545/ Patented Dec. 18, 1923.

UNET 1T BERNARD J. BLASKIE AND HERMAN E. BLEIER, OF MISHAWAKA, INDIANA.

PENCIL HOLDER.

Application filed June 15, 1922. Serial No. 568,458.

I '0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, BERNARD J. BLASKIE and HERMAN E. BLEIER, citizens of the United States, residing at Mishawaka, in the county of Saint Joseph and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pencil Holders; and we do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to an improved holder for a pencil, pen or the like, and one object of the invention is to provide a holder so constructed. that itmay he slipped upon the pencil and also slipped upon the first finger, this device having pencil-engaging clamps and finger-engaging clamps which extend in an opposite direction to the pencilengaging clamps.

Another object of the invent-ion is to so construct this device that it may be readily put in place upon the finger and permit the pencil to be firmly held in the proper position for writing without interfering with free movement of the hand when writing and also without causing the hand to become cramped.

Another object of the invention is to so construct this device that it may include additional finger extensions for engaging the second finger to hold the fingers in the proper position for good writing.

Another object of the invention is to so construct this device that it may be formed from a single blank of sheet metal stamped and then bent to provide the clamps and lingers extending in the proper relation to each other.

This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the pencil holder in use.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the holder with a pencil carried thereby. I

Figure 3 is a view taken at right angles to Fig. 2.

Figure at taken along the line 44 of Fig. 3.

This improved pencil or pen holder is formed from a single piece of sheet metal stamped from a sheet of any size desired and having side tongues 1 and 2 at its ends which are bent to provide upper and lower is a transverse sectional view clamps for engaging the first finger of the hand as shown in Fig. 1. These tongues can be readily bent so that they may have a good fit about the finger without binding.

Adjacent the tongues 1 and 2, other side tongues 3 and 4c are provided which are shorter than the tongues 1 and 2 and are bent to extend from the center strip 5 in an opposite direction to the upper and lower clamps and thus provide upper and lower pencil-engaging clamps which fit about the pencil as shown clearly in Fig. 3. Fingers 6 extend from the center strip 5 intermediate the upper and lower pencil clamps and these fingers are bent to extend in diverging relation to each other and at substantially right angles to the finger and pencil-engaging clamps. It will thus be seen that when the pencil T is passed through the pencil clamps and the finger passed through the finger-engaging clamps as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the fingers 6 may engage the second finger of the hand so as to cause this second finger to be readily held in the proper position for good writing. These fingers 6 may of course be readily bent to extend in the proper diverging relation to engage the second finger. It will thus be seen that this device is so constructed that it can be cheaply made and further is so constructed that the clamps may be easily bent to firmly grip the pencil and forefinger of the hand and prevent slipping without binding.

Ne claim:

A pencil holder comprising a center strip. arms extending from opposite sides of said strip and bent to extend upwardly therefrom and towards each other for clamping engagement with a finger, arms extending from opposite sides of said strip and bent to extend downwardly therefrom and towards each other for clamping engagement with a pencil, and tongues extending from one side of said strip intermediate the length thereof, said tongues being positioned adjacent each other and extending from the strip in diverging relation for extending partially about a finger adjacent the finger to be engaged by the finger engaging arms.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands.

BERNARD J. BLASKIE. HERMAN E. BLEIER. 

